The Landscaping Podcast

A Podcast where landscaper Joel Barnett of InStyle Gardens, chats with other people within the landscaping/green industry. We chat with Landscape designers, landscape builders, garden maintenance folks, nursery folks, and anyone else within this awesome industry!

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Ep 8. Taylor Lukic - Odyssey Landscapes

In this episode I interview Taylor Lukic of Odyssey Landscapes, a landscape design and construction company based on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland. Taylor has been running the business for just 5 years, but currently has 15 staff including 3 constructions teams, fulltime office staff and a full time videographer. We discuss how he built to be this size so quick, as well as how he came across his mentors. We also discuss his show garden that he designed and built at the Queensland Garden Expo ...

Jul 11, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Ep 7. Brent Reid - Candeo Design

In this episode I interview Brent Reid from Candeo design and it's by far the longest interview we've done to date, and part of the reason for that is due to the amount of Garden Show experience Brent has, both in Melbourne, as well as interstate and internationally. So we spend plenty of time discussing Garden Shows. We also talk about his latest undertaking, as director of the Melbourne campus of the London College of Garden Design. Around an hour into the interview, Brent opens up about the m...

Jul 04, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Ep 6. Ben Hayman - The Garden Keeper

In this episode I speak with Ben Hayman of The Garden Keeper, a horticultural maintenance company based in the Southern highlands of New South Wales. Ben didn't take the stereotypical path to get into the horticulture industry, instead he completed a mechanical apprenticeship and worked in that for several years before realizing he'd prefer working outdoors. We discuss that while the projects he's maintaining now are high end, it wasn't always like that. And we'll also touch on the work he's doi...

Jun 27, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Ep 5. Greg Soster - Outside Space

In this episode I interview Greg Soster from Outside Space, a landscape construction company operating in and south of Sydney. Greg had a less than regular pathway on his way to getting into landscaping. He started out of school in banking and finance, then went on to advertising and printing, before working in his family business with his father working on a building and fencing business. He then left, travelled for a few years, bought a restaurant, and then somehow ended up in landscaping as o...

Jun 20, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Ep 4. Jason Hodges - Buxus Balls of Berry

In this episode I interview Landscape Designer, Gardener and owner of Buxus Balls of Berry, Jason Hodges. Jason has been a presenter on TV for around 20 years, most recently on Better Homes and Gardens where he worked for 16 years. He's also designed and built 6 Gold medal winning gardens at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show and was also awarded a Silver Gilt at the Chelsea Flower Show. We discuss these Garden show builds in the episode as well as Jason's time in the industry ow...

Jun 13, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Ep 3. Clint Bramston - Bamboo South Coast

In this episode I interview nursery owner at Bamboo South Coast nursery on the south coast of New South Wales, Clint Bramston. Clint is a man passionate about plants and people, so it's easy to see why he's been successful in running one of the most amazing nurseries in New South Wales. The nursery stocks more of your unusual landscaping plants, including rare tropical type plants that will grow that fare south, and he's also recently increased the amount of succulents and cacti that he sells, w...

Jun 06, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Ep 2. Grahame Rowe - Better Homes and Gardens

In this episode I interview landscape designer and researcher on Better Homes and Gardens, Grahame Rowe. As mentioned in the first episode of The Landscaping Podcast, Grahame was the inspiration behind me wanting to create this podcast, as I knew he was a passionate plant nerd and a great speaker. Grahame talks about his time doing an apprenticeship and working at Government House in Sydney. He speaks of his time at Better Homes and Gardens and how he, like many other people heavily invested in ...

May 30, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Ep 1. Introduction to the podcast and to host Joel Barnett of InStyle Gardens

In this, the first episode of The Landscaping Podcast, I give you an insight into what you can expect from The Landscaping Podcast going forward, and also give you a run down of my story to get into the landscaping industry and how I got to where I am today. I mention who the upcoming guests are for the podcast: Grahame Rowe of Better Homes and Gardens TV, Clint Bramston of Bamboo South Coast nursery, Jason Hodges of Buxus Balls of Berry, Greg Soster of Outside Space and Ben Hayman of The Garden...

May 22, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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